Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The National Institutes of Health decided to relocate nearly two dozen retired research chimpanzees from a facility in New Mexico to a sanctuary in Louisiana, a move celebrated Friday by animal advocates who have been fighting for years to get the animals moved. NIH representatives confirmed in an email
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AP Sports Writer CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — University of Miami president Joe Echevarria has had football season tickets since 1978, the year he graduated from the school. The seats he buys now are as good as most people can get, field club seats right behind one of the goalposts. He doesn’t use them. He’s
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By Tom Garris Click here for updates on this story LONDONDERRY, New Hampshire (WMUR) — A fragment of a World War II bomber flown by New Hampshire’s only Medal of Honor aviator is now on display at the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire in Londonderry. Steve Heffelfinger donated the authenticated fragment after he and his
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CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department on Friday announced federal charges in a thwarted Iranian plot to kill Donald Trump before the presidential election. According to court documents, Iranian officials asked Farhad Shakeri, 51, in September to focus on surveilling and ultimately assassinating Trump. Shakeri is still at large in Iran,
Continue Reading By Ross Ketschke Click here for updates on this story NEWPORT, New Hampshire (WMUR) — Something stinks in Newport. For days, a powerful stench from the town’s wastewater treatment plant has blanketed areas of the Sullivan County community, reaching as far away as downtown. Over the last few days, community members have reported headaches and
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Regina Hall works in the world of fiction, but true crime is a passion that she has been able to incorporate into her professional life. The actress serves as narrator on a new A&E documentary, “Cold Case Files: The Grim Sleeper,” which tells the story of convicted serial
Continue Reading Associated Press A judge has struck down a state law that made it easier for New Yorkers to sue over electoral divisions and voting rules that weakened the political voice of minority groups, saying its special protections based on race and ethnicity are unconstitutional. Orange County state court Justice Maria Vazquez-Doles struck down New York’s
Continue Reading AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It looks like the 2025 Grammy Awards may be a different kind of award show. Beyoncé leads the nods with 11, bringing her career total to a record-breaking 99 nominations. There’s an incredible diversity of genres represented across the major categories, and women continue to succeed. So… who
Continue Reading By Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Pentagon officials are holding informal discussions about how the Department of Defense would respond if Donald Trump issues orders to deploy active-duty troops domestically and fire large swaths of apolitical staffers, defense officials told CNN. Trump has suggested he would be open to using active-duty forces
Continue Reading DUNCANNON, Pa. (AP) — Three people were killed and two others wounded when a suspect opened fire in an apartment, then led police on a high-speed chase through two Pennsylvania counties before an exchange of gunfire with state troopers. Lt. Col. George Bivens of Pennsylvania State Police said Friday that troopers shot and killed 22-year-old
Continue Reading Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday proposed tighter restrictions on oil, solar and wind energy development across more than 6,500 square miles (17,000 square kilometers) of federal land in the U.S. West to protect a declining bird species. However, it is doubtful the changes would survive under President-elect Donald
Continue Reading By Greg Ng Click here for updates on this story ELLICOTT CITY, Maryland (KOCO) — A Jessup man was indicted in connection with the thefts of 18,600 construction tools from as many as 155 victims in Howard County, police said. Jose Aceves, 52, of Jessup, was indicted on a felony theft scheme, county police said.
Continue Reading Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Who gets to keep an engagement ring if a romance turns sour and the wedding is called off? That’s what the highest court in Massachusetts was asked to decide with a $70,000 ring at the center of the dispute. The court ultimately ruled Friday that an engagement ring must be
Continue Reading Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman starring in “Deadpool & Wolverine” and the return of Apple TV+’s dark comedy “Bad Sisters” are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases. James Patterson’s psychologist detective Alex Cross finally has his own thriller TV show, “Cross” coming to Prime Video starring Aldis Hodge, and the Hulu original docuseries
Continue Reading By Jason Burger Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — An Oklahoma City woman credited her dog for waking her up as a devastating tornado hit on Sunday morning. A tornado tore through the area of Sooner Road and Southeast 89th Street. But Adriana Roberts said her dog woke her up
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — There have been many horrifying videos posted online amid Mexico’s drug cartel violence, but few have been as profoundly shocking as that of a 14-year-old boy kidnapped in late October along with about a dozen of his family members. In the video, the skinny, shoeless boy is seen sitting against a
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Continue Reading By Joseph Neubauer Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA (KOCO) — Numbers continue to come in from last weekend’s severe storms that produced several tornadoes in central Oklahoma. The tornado outbreak contributed to a near-record number of tornadoes that have occurred in Oklahoma for the month of November. Nine tornadoes have hit Oklahoma
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Susie Wiles’ reward for steering Donald Trump’s successful presidential campaign will be the toughest job in Washington. Trump chose her as his White House chief of staff, making her the first woman in the role. Long considered a burnout job in any administration, it’s particularly difficult under Trump, whose chaotic
Continue Reading By Lindsay Weber Click here for updates on this story FAIRFIELD, California (KCRA) — A Fairfield resident was arrested for murder after hitting a pedestrian and proceeding to run over them multiple times on Thursday morning, according to Fairfield police. It happened around 11:30 a.m. in the Solano Town Center’s northside parking lot, officials said.
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By John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — If your artistic style is more stick-figure than Picasso, Microsoft has a remedy to boost your creativity: adding artificial intelligence to its Paint application. The company is rolling out new AI tools for Paint as part of a Windows 11 update. Microsoft — like its Big Tech competitors —
Continue Reading By Ryan Curry Click here for updates on this story PALO ALTO, California (KCRA) — Stanford University unveiled a new robotics laboratory this week where students are building robots to do a variety of tasks. Many of them are being programed to do household chores such as make the bed, pick up dirty laundry and
Continue Reading By Gail Paschall-Brown Click here for updates on this story SEMINOLE COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — A Seminole County high school teacher was suspended and pending an investigation after making political comments in class after the election results. “If you are not white, you are going to be in trouble over the next four years as
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is gearing up to make many changes to the federal workforce. We’d like to talk to federal employees, unions and their allies about how they are preparing. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2024 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
Continue Reading By Nahal Garakani Click here for updates on this story November 08, 2024 (LAPost.com) — The Recording Academy unveiled its 2025 Grammy nominations Friday morning, with Beyoncé’s bold venture into country music earning her a field-leading 11 nominations, challenging genre boundaries and potentially adding to her record-breaking 32 Grammy wins. The superstar’s “Cowboy Carter” garnered
Continue Reading Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Forty-three monkeys bred for medical research that escaped a compound in South Carolina have been spotted in the woods near the site and workers are using food to try to recapture them, authorities said Friday. The Rhesus macaques made a break for it Wednesday after an employee at the
Continue Reading By Danny Wright Click here for updates on this story ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (WBBH) — A one-year-old boy was found dead inside a car outside of a day care in St. Petersburg. At approximately 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, St. Petersburg officers were dispatched to the parking lot of the KinderCare Bayfront Child Development Center where a
Continue Reading By Matthew Keck Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — A former daycare worker accused of hurting multiple children at the facility she used to work at in Norton Commons has reached a plea deal. Racheal Flannery was arrested in September 2022 after she was caught on camera “violently handling” children
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, he will be accompanied by a crew of longtime friends and aides and newfound, splashy allies. The Republican president-elect has barely begun naming key figures in his administration, but he has kept a rotation of associates with him on and
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Chynna Phillips Baldwin is opening up about her unconventional relationship with her husband. In a new video posted on her YouTube channel, the Wilson Phillips singer shared that she and her husband of almost 30 years decided to live in two different cities in California. “Billy and I
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